Side meetings

JOLISAA Consortium final international meeting, 25–26 May 2013: The final international meeting of the EU-funded JOLISAA Consortium from Benin, Kenya, South Africa, France and the Netherlands will finalise outputs from the collaborative case assessments of AIS. The meeting will be co-organised by Bernard Triomphe (CIRAD) and Geoffrey Kamau (KARI).

LINEX–CCA coordination and co-learning meeting, 25 May 2013: The Prolinnova CPs in India, Cambodia and Nepal will hold a one-day regional project meeting on LINEX–CCA (Local INnovation and EXperimentation: an entry point to Climate-Change Adaptation in Asia) funded by Misereor, Germany. This will be coordinated by Suman Manandhar (LI-BIRD) with backstopping support from Chesha Wettasinha (ETC Foundation).

CLIC–SR coordination and co-learning meeting, 25 May 2013: The Prolinnova CPs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will hold a one-day regional project meeting on CLIC–SR (Combining Local innovation Capacities with Scientific Research) funded by Rockefeller Foundation, USA. This will be coordinated by Laurens van Veldhuizen (ETC Foundation) in collaboration with Righa Makonge (World Neighbors, Prolinnova–Kenya).

Prolinnova Oversight Group meeting, 26 May 2013: The governance body of the Prolinnova network will hold its annual face-to-face meeting to review accomplishments and challenges and to advise the network in moving forward. Co-chairs are Susan Kaaria (Ford Foundation) and Marise Espinelli (International Institute of Rural Reconstruction), with POG Secretariat support by Ann Waters-Bayer (ETC Foundation).

Prolinnova International Partners Workshop (IPW), 27–28 May 2013: The annual learning and planning meeting of Prolinnova partners will be hosted this year by Prolinnova–Kenya. A central topic of learning will be the experiences of the CPs and regional initiatives in strengthening community resilience to change (climate and other). This workshop will be co-coordinated by Laurens van Veldhuizen (ETC Foundation) and Teresiah Ng’ang’a (KARI).

ILRI-CPWF Innovation Platforms Writeshop, 27-29 May 2013: tbc. Organizer is Alan Duncan (ILRI)